Consult your doctor before starting any diet program, whether yours is a losing or weight-gaining problem.

If you are underweight, don't try to change your diet habits suddenly, or you'll become quickly discouraged. Gradually add extra-fattening foods daily, and start drinking midmorning and mid afternoon milkshakes. An important factor is to allow for a relaxation period as often during the day, especially after meals, as you can make time for.

As you battle your bulges, remember that the more you avoid carbohydrates like sugar and starches (and alcohol) the more of your stored-up fat is used up by your body and eliminated. Limit your carbohydrates to a minimum, in the bread and potato department since both of those foods are highly nutritious. (It only takes a few minutes to eat a rich dessert like pie a la mode but oh, how long to get rid of the layer it leaves where you need it least.)

Calorie content of family foods can only be approximated because many dishes contain a combination of low and high calorie ingredients. For weight losers, however, the calorie counter is a guide on foods to use sparingly or to avoid, always working under your doctor's guidance. And weight gainers have lots of delicious foods to select from those that are loaded with calories.

Family food-portion sizes vary too, according to energy expended on work and play. And no one member of your family may take exactly the Vs-cup portions often listed in the calorie counter as containing a certain number of calories.

What you put into salads, how much you eat of them, and how much dressing you use, determine whether they are for weight gainers or losers. Here are some salad combinations.

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